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of the University of Melbourne and of the Australasian Association to in- 

 vite the British Association to visit Australia, and assures those bodies of 

 its sympathy and support in the matter." Carried. 



Dr. L. Cockayne moved, and Professor Easterfield seconded, " That 

 the 1st June of each year be the date of publication of the Transactions 

 of the New Zealand Institute." Carried. 



On the motion of the President, it was resolved, " That the Publication 

 Committee be requested to place the actual date of issue on each pai i of the 

 Proceedings." ^ 



The President moved, and Mr. Chapman seconded, " That the Standing 

 Committee consider the position of some of the societies in the Institute 

 under the new Act, and report as to whether the societies comprising the 

 Institute are complying with the requirements of the Act and regulations." 

 Carried. 



Correspondence.- — (1.) Canterbury Philosophical Institute, re extra copies- 

 of Transactions : 



It M\as resolved, " That the request from the Philosophical Institute of 

 Canterbury be acceded to, it being an instruction to the Standing Com- 

 mittee that a number of additional copies, not exceeding 5 per cent, of the 

 number due to a society, be sent to the Secretary of that society if he applies 

 foi them." 



(2.) Auckland Institute and Mr. C. W.[ Adams, ^ re publication of Pro- 

 ceedings : 



Dr. Farr moved, " That the letters of Mr. C. W. Adams and of the Auck- 

 land Institute be received, and that they be courteously informed that the 

 Board of Governors sees no reason to depart from the present policy." 

 Mr. G. M. Thomson seconded the motion. 



Mr. J. Stewart moved, as an amendment, " That in printing the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Institute in detail as at present, double the number be thrown 

 off, to enable a full set of the Proceedings to be embodied in the annual 

 volume of the Transactions." Mr. D. Petrie seconded the amendment^ 

 which was carried. 



(3.) Government Printer : A letter dated 20th December, 1909, from 

 the Government Printer, with reference to careless printing of the Pro- 

 ceedings, was read. 



(4.) Hutton Memorial Award : A letter from Professor David, consenting 

 to act on the Award Committee, was read. 



Mr. R. Speight moved, and Dr. Farr seconded, " That the Committee 

 of Award be requested to make recommendations before the 31st December, 

 1910, as to whether or not they consider any work published since the 31st 

 December, 1906, is worthy of the award of the Hutton Memorial Medal, 

 and that they be informed in general terms of the views of the Board of 

 Governors as to the quality of the work for which the award is to be made." 

 Carried. 



(5.) Professor Rutherford, F.R.S., acknowledging receipt of the Insti- 

 tute's congratulations on his being awarded the Nobel Prize. Received. 



(6.) Sir George Darwin and Professor David, thanking the Institute for 

 election to honorary membership. Received. 



Government Scientific Reports. — Mr. G. M. Thomson moved, and Mr. 

 D. Petrie seconded, " That, as at the present time scientific reports communi- 



